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December. the 11th. 1679
M
r Henshaw
the Vice President tooke the chaire
Count was Introduced by m
rEuelyn to be present at this meeting together w
th and m
r. . who had before the sitting
down been shewn the Repository, the Library and particular
ly the weather clock &c-
The minutes of December the 4
th. were Read and approued
And vpon the mention of the vndertaking of m
r. Euelyn he being
Present Gaue the society an account that he had spoken w
th my Lord Sunderland concerning the conueyance of the Letters of
this Society to & from Forreine Correspondents in his Lor
ps. Pacqu[ets]
to which his Lo
p: had very freely & ^/obleigingly/ giuen his con
sent.
The Society therevpon De
sired that their humble thanks might be
Returnd by the hands of m
r. Euelyn, for this fauour, and they also
. . . Gaue m
r. Euelyn their thanks for his great care & Expedition in
this affair.
vpon the mentioning of m
r. newtons Letter & Exp
t. therein pro
po
sed. m
r. Hooke Read his Answer to him vpon that subiect where
in he Explaind what the Line Described by a falling body mu
st
be supposed to be moued circularly by the Diurnall motion of
the earth and Perpendicularly by the power of Grauity, and
shewd that it would not be a spirall line as m
r. Newton seemd
to suppose but an ^/excentricall/
... Elliptoeid supposing noe resi
stance in the
medium, but supposing re
si
stance it would be an excentrick Ellipti[c]
Spirall which after many reuolutions would Re
st at last in
the center. that
the fall of the heauy body would not be directly Ea
st as m
r. newton had
Supposed but to the South ea
st and more to the South then the Ea
st
It was Desired that w
t. was tryable in this Experiment might be
Done w
th. the first opportunity -
m
r. Hooke Read an account w
ch he had procured from m
r. Beaumont
concerning Seuerall obseruations made by himself in
seuerall Sub Diuers Subterraneous Cauernes in Summersetshire viz
t. in
... Ooky hole, 2
ly. in a cauerne neer Chedder. 3
ly. in the Hill called Lamb
aboue the Parish of Harptry among Mendip hills. the which Account
he desired
to print at the next opportunity.
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